Houthis claim to have targeted Aramco sites in Saudi Arabia

Yemen's Houthi fighters said on Sunday they had targeted sites of oil giant Aramco in Saudi Arabia, the capital Riyadh and the oil region of Khurais, in the east of the kingdom, using ballistic missiles and drones.

“The strikes were precise and caused significant fires on the targeted sites,” said the spokesperson for the pro-Iranian movement, Yahya Saree. This Saturday, an attack on an Aramco site south of the Saudi capital was observed by an AFP journalist.

Aramco is the flagship of the Saudi economy and one of the largest companies in the world in terms of market capitalization. Last month, the Houthis said they had launched strikes targeting “sensitive sites” in Riyadh and Aramco facilities in the port city of Yanbu, the kingdom’s main oil terminal. In August, they also targeted an airport and facility owned by Aramco in the Najran region of southern Saudi Arabia.